How To Link Web Forms Together

Here are the steps to use when linking multiple Web Forms together using the Hidden Field Snippet.

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Create web form capturing information to be passed

Navigate to Marketing > Campaign Builder

Click on “Create my own Campaign”

Click on “Create my own Campaign”

Name the campaign

Drag the “Web Form Submitted” snippet onto the canvas

Enter the name of the form (for this article, Form A

Double click anywhere on the form, except for the red “x” or the form icon on the bottom left

Click into “Field Snippets”

Add the field(s) that need to be captured on the secondary form (e.g. Email)

Click on “Draft” in the top right to set the form to “Ready”

Return to campaign canvas

Protip: When linking multiple webforms you can turn off the captcha under the Web Forms "Settings" tab

Create a second web form that information is being passed to

Drag out a second “Web Form Submitted” snippet onto the campaign canvas

Enter the name of the form (for this article, Form B)

Double click anywhere on the form, except the red “x” or the form icon on the bottom left

Click into “Field Snippets”

Add the “Hidden” field snippet to the form

Select the field needed from the “Which field” drop down (e.g. Email)

Do not enter a value into the Field Value section

Click “Save”

Add whichever other fields need to be captured

Click “Draft” in the top right to change the form to “Ready”

Click into the “Code” tab

Click “Use the Hosted Version”

Copy the form URL

Passing contact information from Form to Form can only be done with the Web Form Hosted URL or Javascript. It will NOT pass information when the form is embedded with HTML Code or HTML code (Unstyled).

Set the Thank You Page on “Form A”

Return to main campaign canvas

Double click anywhere on “Form A” except for the red “x” for the form icon in the bottom left

Click into the “Thank-you Page” tab

Set the “Thank-you Page to Display” dropdown to “Web Address”

Paste in the copied URL into the URL section

Check the box to “Pass contact’s information to the thank-you page”

Copy “Form A” URL

Click into the “Code” tab

Click on “Use the Hosted Version”

Copy the form URL

Publish the campaign

Return to main campaign canvas

Click “Publish” in the top right

Click “Publish” in the checklist

Test the forms to ensure that information is being properly passed

Open a new tab/window

Paste in the URL for “Form A”

Enter values into all of the fields

Submit the form

Enter any values on “Form B”

(Optional) Right-Click > Click "View Source" > followed by Ctrl+F and search for the contacts email address, which will confirm the information is being passed from Form A to Form B

Submit the form

Return to application

In the quick search in the top right, search for the name/email address you submitted on the form